Newsline: South Sudanese ambassador dies in Switzerland

The government of South Sudan announced the untimely death of its ambassador to Switzerland, Alison Magaya. South Sudan’s former Minister of Interior Alison Manani Magaya died on Monday in Geneva after a critical illness that reportedly left him in a coma for several days. Magaya was replaced in a cabinet reshuffle in mid-2013. Most recently he was serving as South Sudan’s Ambassador to Switzerland until his death. He was accredited as South Sudan’s ambassador to Switzerland early this year.